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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118503 | Blade driving device for cameras A base plate is elongate and an opening for a photographing optical path is configured close to one end in its longitudinal direction. A shutter blade is rotatably mounted to the blade-mounting shank of the base plate so that when the opening is fully opened, a part... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7997810 | Focal plane shutter for camera A support plate and a printed wiring board are spaced from a shutter base plate. An adjusting shaft member includes first and second shaft portions and an attachment portion that is press-fitted to an attachment hole in the support plate. Each of first and second co... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7961246 | Blade driving device for use in cameras A blade driving device for use in cameras that includes a mechanical shutter blade that openably and closably disposed in front of a CCD, and is capable of blocking light passing through an exposure aperture. The blade driving device also includes a motor that drive... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942592 | Camera diaphragm device A camera diaphragm device in which two diaphragm blades, that is, first and second diaphragm blades having respective first and second diaphragm aperture portions whose diameters differ from each other is provided. The diaphragm blades are mounted to blade mounting ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7922403 | Blade driving apparatus for cameras A blade driving apparatus for cameras includes a base plate having an aperture section for a photographing optical path; a partition plate having an aperture section for the photographing optical path so that a blade chamber is interposed between the base plate and ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7911529 | Digital camera and personal digital assistant with the same A digital camera includes at least one shutter blade in which opening and closing operations of an exposure aperture are performed using an electromagnetic actuator. The digital camera also includes an image sensor converting light from an object into image informat... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7868520 | Driving apparatus A driving apparatus includes a piezoelectric element which expands and contracts when a voltage is applied thereto, a driving shaft fixed to one end of the piezoelectric element in an expanding-and-contracting direction, a friction part frictionally engaged with the... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7812491 | Stepping motor A housing 25 of a stepping motor 1 consists of a pair of case sections 27 arranged in front and rear in the direction of an axial line L of a rotating shaft 3. The case sections 27 are formed of: an end plate 27a to w... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7808729 | Driving device A driving device includes a piezoelectric element that expands and contracts by the application of voltage, a driving shaft fixed to one end of the piezoelectric element in a direction of the optical axis, a lens holder fixed to the other end of the piezoelectric el... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7775728 | Focal plane shutter for cameras A focal plane shutter for cameras includes: a shutter blade assembly; an electromagnet assembly; driving means that includes a mounting member mounted with an iron scrap member that cooperates with an iron core member of the electromagnet assembly; and a setting mem... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7758260 | Barrier device A barrier device of the present invention includes a cover defining a front aperture, a base defining a rear aperture, an annular gap formed between a rear end face of the front aperture and a front end face of the rear aperture, a barrier member movably provided th... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7708480 | Focal plane shutter for digital cameras A focal plane shutter for digital cameras includes a first driving member for a first blade and a second driving member for the first blade, mounted to the same shaft; arms for the first blade on which a set spring is hooked; and a set member for restraining the fir... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7708479 | Imaging device and portable information terminal device An imaging device and a portable information terminal device of the present invention include: a blade driving unit (20) made up of a base plate (21) having an opening portion (21a) serving as an optical path, an infrared light cut filter... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7708477 | Focal plane shutter for cameras In the focal plane shutter for cameras, a shutter base plate, an shank for attaching the first blade drive component and the second blade drive component respectively so as to enable to be rotated, an shank for attaching a set component so as to enable to be rotated... | 05/04/2010 |
| D614671 | Weight for vibration motor | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699544 | Focal plane shutter for cameras A shutter base plate is made of synthetic resin and is configured with one overhang section on the blade-chamber-side surface at one end of an arcuate slot and the other overhang section on the blade-chamber-outside surface. A shock absorbing member made from elasti... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7699542 | Portable information terminal with camera A transparent plate is fixed to the body of a mobile phone with a camera in order to cover an aperture for photography. A solid-state image sensor (4) is placed on the image plane of a photographing optical system. Between a base plate having an aperture for ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7675832 | Optical element feeding device driving method and optical disk apparatus An optical element feeding device driving method and an optical disk apparatus capable of detecting biting in a stepping motor and conducting restoration. The optical disk apparatus includes an optical element feeding device including a movable frame for supporting ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7652834 | Driving unit for optical pick-up including lens A lens driving unit includes a housing, a lead screw extending in an optical axis direction to be rotated and driven by a driving source, a nut screwed with the lead screw, a lens frame holding a lens and supported movably in the optical axis direction, a contact po... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7649300 | Electromagnetic actuator and camera blade driving device An electromagnetic actuator includes a rotor rotatable within a predetermined angular range, a magnetizing coil, and a yoke having an arcuate surface facing the rotor, and first and second magnetic-pole parts that have mutually different magnetic poles upon energizi... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7619337 | Brushless motor, brushless type fan motor and electric device comprising a brushless type fan motor In a fan motor, there are provided protruding portions provided integrally with a base member so as to face a magnet and protrude toward the magnet, and openings facing the magnet, in the base member made of magnetic material. As to the positional relation between t... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619335 | Vibration motor A vibration motor having a tubular case, a shaft protruding from a front end of the case, a weight eccentrically fixed to an end of the shaft, and a metallic holder surrounding the case, the holder being surface-mounted on a wiring board by reflow-soldering, wherein... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7605501 | Stepping motor and fan having the same A stepping motor includes: a stator including a coil that is wound so as to form a hollow space; a rotor including a magnet to be disposed in the hollow space of the coil, the rotor being rotationally driven by changing magnetic poles of the stator; and a mag... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7600876 | Optical angle detection apparatus In an optical angle detection apparatus, a single optical distance measurement unit is disposed opposite an object having a plane. The optical distance measurement unit includes a light projecting portion that projects a beam in the direction of an optical axis, and... | 10/13/2009 |
| D599300 | Terminal for motor | 09/01/2009 |
| 7576931 | Driving unit for optical pick-up including lens A lens driving unit includes a lead screw, a nut having a projection, and a lens frame having a contact portion that is supported movably in the direction of an optical axis with respect to a base and that is brought into contact with the nut. The nut is held so tha... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573629 | Blade actuating apparatus for optical instruments A base plate is provided with four guide pins and a rotor has four output pins so that each of four blades is provided with a plurality of slots. Individual slots provided to the blades are selectively fitted to the four guide pins and the four output pins so that w... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7569825 | Inspection device An inspection device includes a light source emitting ultraviolet light onto a banknote conveyed on a conveyance path, a light source emitting infrared light onto the banknote, a photosensor for detecting light from the banknote, a light source control processing po... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7567001 | Compact fan motor and electric device comprising a compact fan motor A compact fan motor including a motor body having a tubular case accommodating a rotor, a permanent magnet, and brushes, and a pair of spring terminals that are connected to the brushes, sticks out from a peripheral wall of the tubular case, and has elasticity in a ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7508601 | Imaging lens An imaging lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens with a positive refractive power having a biconvex shape; an aperture stop having a predetermined aperture diameter; a second lens with a positive refractive power having a concave surface on the o... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7483226 | ND filter, manufacturing method thereof, and aperture device An ND filter of a thin film type is formed on a transparent substrate, such that a light-absorbing film and a dielectric film are laminated on the transparent substrate. The transparent substrate is formed of a resin film which can be fed at a constant speed. The li... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7440204 | ND filter of optical film laminate type with carbon film coating An ND filter is composed of a transparent substrate, a laminate of a light-absorbing film and a dielectric film formed on the transparent substrate, and a carbon film formed to clad a surface of the laminate of the light-absorbing films and the dielectric films. Dep... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431517 | Focal plane shutter for cameras A first drive member which rotates with a rotor includes a first cam portion and a second cam portion, and a second drive member which connects a drive pin with a shutter blade includes a first cam portion and a second cam portion. A circular hole of the link member... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7410310 | Blade driving apparatus for cameras A blade driving apparatus for cameras includes a base plate having an aperture for a photographing optical path; a cover plate having the aperture for the photographing optical path, provided with a blade chamber between the base plate and the cover plate; at least ... | 08/12/2008 |
| D574324 | Small-sized motor | 08/05/2008 |
| 7388723 | ND filter and light quantity diaphragming device including the same A thin film type ND filter being inexpensive and excelling in durability. There is provided ND filter (0) comprising transparent substrate (1) and, superimposed thereon, light absorption films (3,5) and dielectric films (2,4,6), wherein t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7367381 | Fan motor A fan motor, which is mounted on an upper surface of an electronic component to cool the electronic component. The fan motor includes a fan motor and a thermally dissipating surface to which the fan motor is fixed. The fan motor includes a motor portion having cooli... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362509 | Zoom lens A zoom lens includes, in sequence from the object side: a first lens group with an overall negative refractive power; and a second lens group with an overall positive refractive power. A zoom factor changes by moving the second lens group. Focal adjustments are made... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7348753 | Fan motor A fan motor includes: a single-phase stepping motor including a stator excited by applying an electric current to a coil to function as a single-phase magnetic pole, and a rotor which has a permanent magnet magnetized to a single phase and rotates as the magnetic po... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7332842 | Fan motor A fan motor includes: a stepping motor for rotating a rotating shaft; an impeller rotated by the rotating shaft; and a connecting member for rotatably connecting the impeller relative to the rotating shaft. The connecting member absorbs an inertia force of the impel... | 02/19/2008 |
